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Architect Frank Lloyd Wright said "a physician may bury his mistakes, but an architect can only plant a vine." Perhaps you have a few mistakes to hide or you just want to cover a downspout, a tree stump, an arbor or shade a deck. Perennial vines may be just what the doctor ordered.

Campsis

tagliabuana       ‘Madame Galen’     Trumpet Vine

One of the choicest summer blooming vines, this is a red form of the classic hummingbird magnet, blooms all summer with all the fine attributes of the traditional radicans. Hummers may decide to set up housekeeping in the thick foliage.

Plant five feet apart  Zone 5–9  full sun to part shade

Campsis

Clematis             "Dutchess of Edinburgh"

For sensational big blooms in a range of gorgeous colors, our varieties can be trained on arbors, walls, fences, or use them for screening a spot that’s not so pretty, or to cover stumps or climb on poles. Clematis vines grow 6–12' high, and take from 2–3 years to become fully established. Our experience is that vines grown in full sun will produce heavier blooms for a shorter time period than those grown in partial shade where blooms won’t be as heavy, but will extend over a longer time. Clematis will benefit from shade over their roots; do this with annuals or shallow-rooted perennials. Don’t use heavy bark or leaf mulches in summer as they can promote Clematis wilt. Keep the moisture level of your vines even—never very dry or very wet.

Plant five feet apart Zone 3–8  full sun to part shade

Clematis                       'Ernest Markham'

For sensational big blooms in a range of gorgeous colors, our varieties can be trained on arbors, walls, fences, or use them for screening a spot that’s not so pretty, or to cover stumps or climb on poles. Clematis vines grow 6–12' high, and take from 2–3 years to become fully established. Our experience is that vines grown in full sun will produce heavier blooms for a shorter time period than those grown in partial shade where blooms won’t be as heavy, but will extend over a longer time. Clematis will benefit from shade over their roots; do this with annuals or shallow-rooted perennials. Don’t use heavy bark or leaf mulches in summer as they can promote Clematis wilt. Keep the moisture level of your vines even—never very dry or very wet.

Plant five feet apart   Zone 3–8   full sun to part shade

Clematis                 'Henryi'

For sensational big blooms in a range of gorgeous colors, our varieties can be trained on arbors, walls, fences, or use them for screening a spot that’s not so pretty, or to cover stumps or climb on poles. Clematis vines grow 6–12' high, and take from 2–3 years to become fully established. Our experience is that vines grown in full sun will produce heavier blooms for a shorter time period than those grown in partial shade where blooms won’t be as heavy, but will extend over a longer time. Clematis will benefit from shade over their roots; do this with annuals or shallow-rooted perennials. Don’t use heavy bark or leaf mulches in summer as they can promote Clematis wilt. Keep the moisture level of your vines even—never very dry or very wet.

Plant five feet apart    Zone 3–8    full sun to part shade

Clematis             'Jackmanii'

For sensational big blooms in a range of gorgeous colors, our varieties can be trained on arbors, walls, fences, or use them for screening a spot that’s not so pretty, or to cover stumps or climb on poles. Clematis vines grow 6–12' high, and take from 2–3 years to become fully established. Our experience is that vines grown in full sun will produce heavier blooms for a shorter time period than those grown in partial shade where blooms won’t be as heavy, but will extend over a longer time. Clematis will benefit from shade over their roots; do this with annuals or shallow-rooted perennials. Don’t use heavy bark or leaf mulches in summer as they can promote Clematis wilt. Keep the moisture level of your vines even—never very dry or very wet.

Plant five feet apart     Zone 3–8   full sun to part shade

Clematis

montana     ‘Ruben’      Clematis Vine

Pale pink 1" flowers are produced in early summer on red stems and the young leaves are tinged purple. Beautifully covers unsightly structures, carports, or fences over an area as large as 20–30'. WOODEN TRELLIS INCLUDED.

Plant five feet apart   Zone 6–9  full sun to part shade

Clematis            'Nelly Moser'

For sensational big blooms in a range of gorgeous colors, our varieties can be trained on arbors, walls, fences, or use them for screening a spot that’s not so pretty, or to cover stumps or climb on poles. Clematis vines grow 6–12' high, and take from 2–3 years to become fully established. Our experience is that vines grown in full sun will produce heavier blooms for a shorter time period than those grown in partial shade where blooms won’t be as heavy, but will extend over a longer time. Clematis will benefit from shade over their roots; do this with annuals or shallow-rooted perennials. Don’t use heavy bark or leaf mulches in summer as they can promote Clematis wilt. Keep the moisture level of your vines even—never very dry or very wet.

Plant five feet apart  Zone 3–8  full sun to part shade

Clematis

paniculata      Sweet Autumn         Clematis

Sweetly scented, creamy white 1" blossoms in great profusion from late summer on (August–September). Vigorous and easy to grow, this old-fashioned vine blooms on new wood, and later forms silvery seed heads. WOODEN TRELLIS INCLUDED.

Plant five feet apart   Zone 5–9   full sun to part shade

Clematis                 'Polish Spirit'

For sensational big blooms in a range of gorgeous colors, our varieties can be trained on arbors, walls, fences, or use them for screening a spot that’s not so pretty, or to cover stumps or climb on poles. Clematis vines grow 6–12' high, and take from 2–3 years to become fully established. Our experience is that vines grown in full sun will produce heavier blooms for a shorter time period than those grown in partial shade where blooms won’t be as heavy, but will extend over a longer time. Clematis will benefit from shade over their roots; do this with annuals or shallow-rooted perennials. Don’t use heavy bark or leaf mulches in summer as they can promote Clematis wilt. Keep the moisture level of your vines even—never very dry or very wet.

Plant five feet apart     Zone 3–8    full sun to part shade

Clematis                  'Ramona'

For sensational big blooms in a range of gorgeous colors, our varieties can be trained on arbors, walls, fences, or use them for screening a spot that’s not so pretty, or to cover stumps or climb on poles. Clematis vines grow 6–12' high, and take from 2–3 years to become fully established. Our experience is that vines grown in full sun will produce heavier blooms for a shorter time period than those grown in partial shade where blooms won’t be as heavy, but will extend over a longer time. Clematis will benefit from shade over their roots; do this with annuals or shallow-rooted perennials. Don’t use heavy bark or leaf mulches in summer as they can promote Clematis wilt. Keep the moisture level of your vines even—never very dry or very wet.

Plant five feet apart  Zone 3–8   full sun to part shade

Lonicera

Sempervirens ‘Blanche Sandman’ Coral Honeysuckle

Reddish-orange, trumpet-shaped flowers opening to yellow first appear in May and continue to bloom off and on until frost on this very vigorous native vine. Use it to climb and screen a porch, trellis, pergola, archway, wall, or fence. This Honeysuckle is aphid-resistant and an incredible hummingbird magnet. We have seen them nest in the thick foliage.

Plant five feet apart   Zone 4–8  full sun to part shade

Lonicera

Sempervirens  ‘John Clayton’  Yellow Honeysuckle

Solid yellow tubular flower clusters run on a fence or trellis from May through the summer. This old Virginia native vine is named for the colonial botonist John Clayton, and was found in a churchyard, dating from the 17th century, in Gloucester, Virginia. Semi-evergreen, you will want to prune out flowered wood of ‘John Clayton’ after flowering. It grows in any fertile, well-drained soil, in sun or semi-shade, and we promise the hummingbirds will find it.

Plant five feet apart    Zone 4–8   full sun to part shade

Passiflora

caerulea  ‘Waterloo Blue’   Passion Flower Vine

The exotic blooming Passion Flower Vine handles a minimum temperature of 45 degrees and thrives as a container plant in the full sun it loves best. Breathtakingly beautiful with its sky-blue corolla against fringed-white petals, it blooms profusely, has a soft fragrance, and sports shiny, green, attractive foliage. Flowers are followed by yellow, egg-sized fruits. Because they are such rapid growers, Passifloras require periodic applications of fertilizer when grown in containers. Grown in the ground, low fertility soil is preferred so that flowering is encouraged and abundant foliage discouraged. Glossy green leaves with turning tendrils need support to climb. WOODEN TRELLIS INCLUDED.

Plant five feet apart           Zone 8–11      full sun

Polygonum

aubertii                Silver Lace Vine

One of the fastest growing vines there is, expect 12'–15' of growth the first year. Use it to cover arbors, fences, old buildings, or a barn in no time. It produces masses of tiny fragrant white flowers from July through September. This vine will do well in sun or shade.

Plant five feet apart    Zone 5–7   full sun to part shade

Campsis

Plant five feet apart                 Zone 5–7          full sun to part shade